U.S. M1 Carbine Winchester Serial Number: 1,325,125 Bavaria Rural Police & LandesGendarmerieKommando Salzburg (LGKSb) Background Purchased by the current owner at a gun store in Knoxville, TN in May 1995. Barrel Group Barrel type II W undated (Winchester) Front Sight type   Barrel Band type IA unmarked Barrel Skirt     Slide type W (Winchester) Last 4 digits of receiver serial number on slide arm, apear to have been stamped twice, one over the other. The lower series may have been only 3 digits instead of 4. INTRAC KNOX TN on bottom of barrel behind front sight. Stock Group Stock type II marking possibly obscured Handguard type I OI (Inland) Buttplate   (National Postal Meter) Stock is in excellent overall condition with an oval sling cut and high wood. Stock slingwell has both the entire serial number and the last 4 digits of the receiver serial number. Bottom of handguard has the entire serial number. Tape with the rank GRyi and the name Josef Warter obscures the stock manufacturer marking in the slingwell. Tape with the name Kendlbacher Erich on the right side of the stock may obscure the presence of Ordnance markings. Receiver Group Receiver type II Winchester Rear Sight type I S on left Operating Spring Tunnel Housing   attached Recoil Plate type II unmarked No stake marks indicative of an adjustable rear sight, this one appears original. Bolt Group Bolt type I or II W (Winchester) Ejector     Extractor   WI (Winchester) Extractor Plunger     Firing Pin type W (Winchester) The last 3 digits of the receiver serial number have been stamped into the bolt twice, one above the other. The lower 3 digits have been stamped over what appears to have been / 2 /. The 3 digits stamped in the bolt is consistent with what has been observed on other carbines used by the Bavaria Rural Police, but the / 2 / is unusual. The last 4 digits of the receiver serial number are electropenciled on the bolt. This was done by the Bavarial Rural Police even if the 3 digit number was stamped in the bolt. It was also done by the Austria Gendarmerie if it had not already been done. Trigger Group Trigger Housing type III W (Winchester) Trigger type   Sear type W (Winchester) Hammer type III W (Winchester) Hammer Spring type   Trigger Housing Pin type   Safety type IV double S encircled Magazine Catch type IIA LT-Q (Ludlow Typograph Co. of Chicago, IL for Quality Hardware) Bottom of trigger housing has markings LGKSb (Gendarmerie Salzburg) with the inventory number 0002. Rear of trigger housing on T has the last 4 numbers of the receiver serial number stamped into it. Sling Sling manufactured by Stolla of Vienna (Wien) with Gendarmerie purchasing office imprint indicating the date of 1956. The name Warter is written on both sides of the sling. Information and photographs courtesy of R.A. Davis III. Return to The Armory